Movable dressing-closet for sleeping-cars



(No Model.)

A. J. CHANDLER. MOVABLE DRESSING CLOSET FOR SLEEPING CARS.

No. 331,034. Patented NOV. 24,1885.

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ATTRNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADONIRAM J. CHANDLER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MOVABLE DRESSING-CLOSET FOR SLEEPING-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,034, dated November 24, 1885.

Application filed August 19. 1885. Serial No. 174,84f. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l', ADONIRAM J. CHAND- LER, of Cincinnati, inthe county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Movable Dressing-Closet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a shelter or screen for use upon sleeping-cars of the Pullman model, whereby the occupants may stand uprightin the aisle and dress without being within sight ofother passengers; and the invention consists of a supportingframe carrying curtains, said frame being so arranged that it may readily be attached to or disconnected from the curtain-rail of the car, and of certain details of construction and combinations of parts, to be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a vertical cross-sectional view of the body of a sleeping-car, representing my dressing-closet as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view representing a portion of a section with my closet in position for use, and Fig. 3 is a similar view representing the frame as detached or unlocked from the curtain-rail across the aisle from the entrance to the closet.

Referring now to the construction shown in Fig. 1, A A represent the lower, and BB the upper, berths of an ordinary sleeping-car, before which the usual curtains are hung from the rails (t a. In this usual construction without my closet it is very diiicnlt for passengers to dress and undress without exposing themselves to the view of their t'ellow-travel ers, as the dressing inust he done in the open aisle or in the berth, which, as is well known, is very inconvenient.

My closet consists of a curtain, D, of any proper material, that is secured to a rod, c, bent to circular form and provided with hooks e e and f, the hooks e e being at the ends of the rod and arranged so that they may be caught upon the curtain-rail a', that is above the section containing the travelers who wish to use the closet, the hook f being so placed that it may be brought into engagement with the rail a on thc opposite side of the car, thereby holding the rod c in the position shown best in Fig. l. W'hcn placed as described, the opening d will be sufficient to allow a person to enter the closet, but, being toward the vacated berth, willnot interfere with the seclusion of the closet. The hook f need not be placed in position on the rail a until needed for actual use, and after the sections are made up the closet may be suspended from rail a', as shown in Fig. 3.

Instead ot' a rod, c, the top of the closet might be lnade from a circular board provided with hooks arranged so as to correspond relatively with the hooks c c and f. During the day the closet may be taken down and packed away with the mattresses.

I am aware that portable 4batlrtiubs have been provided with a surrounding curtain, and I claim no such construction as ot' my in vention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desi rc to secure by Letters Patent- 1. rlhe combination, with the berth of a sleeping-car, of a drcssingcloset in thc aisle of the car in front of said berth and communieating therewith, substantially as sct forth.

2. The combination, with the cu1tainrails ofa slcepingcar, of a dressing-closet adapted to be secured to said rails at its top edge and be suspended in the aisle of the car in front of a berth and in communication therewith, substantially as set forth,

3. The combination, with the cnrlainrails of a slceping-car, of a dressing-closet consisting ot' a removable frame open at one side extending across the aisle and connected to the said curtain-rails, and adepending curtain secured at its top edge to the said frame, whereby the frame may be moved along the aisle from one berth to another or removed from the rails, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the rails a a', of the rod c, having hookse c and f, and carrying a curtain, D, substantially as described.

ADONIRAM J, CHANDLER. lVitnesses:

ALFRED OWEN, E. L. DE CAMP. 

